Ringworm is an American metallic hardcore band formed in Cleveland, Ohio in 1989. Their name was derived from a Vincent Price movie. The band has toured extensively in the United States, Australia, New Zealand, and Europe and has released four albums via Victory Records. In 2013, the band announced they had signed with Relapse Records and that their next album would be released through them. Vocalist Human Furnace currently plays in the Cleveland metal band Gluttons and solo project Holyghost. Musical style According to frontman Human Furnace, while being interviewed by Davin Deblat in 2019 he mentions the band's sound and style as well as their association in both the metal and hardcore scene: "If you look at the songs that we play, and what we're about, 70–80 percent of our songs are mostly just thrash. Very fast, very thrashy, and then you got some breakdowns. When you play a hardcore gig, everyone just stares at you for your whole set and they just wait for that one riff so they can spin around in circles and crowd-kill. And I'm not really about that. So when you play a metal show and you play thrash riffs and headbanging riffs, then metalheads respond to that and it's a fun thing. I definitely relate more to that scene because that's what I am. I grew up a punk rock kid, a metal kid, so I have a lot more in common with that scene… these days, anyway." Members Current James "Human Furnace" Bulloch – vocals Matt Sorg – guitar Mike Lare – guitar Ed Stephens – bass Former John Comprix – guitar Mike Lare – bass, vocals Matt Devries – guitar Frank Novinec – guitar Chris Pellow – bass Blaze Tishko – guitar, bass John "Lockjaw" Tole – bass Chris Smith – guitar Kenny Carpenter – drums Bob Zeiger – drums Aaron Ramirez – bass Aaron Dallison – guitar Steve Rauckhorst – bass Ben Hollowell – bass Chris Dora – drums Danny Zink – drums Ryan Steigerwald – drums Discography 1991: Ringworm (self-released demo), later released by Overkill Records 1993: The Promise (Incision Records), later reissued on CD by Deathwish Inc and vinyl by A389 Recordings 1994: Split 7" with Boiling Point (Lost and Found Records) 1995: Flatline (demo from 1991 which became bonus tracks on subsequent re-release of The Promise) (Lost and Found Records) 1999: Madness of War (self-released demo) 2000: